300 teens trash ex-NFLer's house for a party, parents get mad that kids called on it

[Teelie]

So a bunch of kids thought it was a good idea to break into his house while he was away, throw a party, trash it and literally brag over it yet when he posts their photos (that they tweeted, Facebooked, etc) and calls them out on it to come clean up, the parents get upset.

CNN

(CNN) -- About 300 teenagers are realizing they picked the wrong place to throw a wild party after breaking into a former NFL player's second home and causing more than $20,000 in damage.

Brian Holloway, a former offensive tackle for the New England Patriots, was in Tampa, Florida, over Labor Day weekend when his son told him he was receiving tweets about a party at their home in Stephentown, New York, Holloway said.

"I thought it was a joke," he told CNN on Thursday.

But Holloway soon realized there was an underage party at his home.

"I'm looking at these tweets and they're saying, 'I'm partying with the NFL.' 'I've never seen so much alcohol in my life', 'I can't wake her up', 'Oh we're being busted. We gotta hide. Get rid of all the drugs.' " he said.

Holloway contacted police, but by the time they arrived, the damage was done.

The partygoers broke and stole multiple items, put holes through walls and spray-painted graffiti throughout the home.

"We had learned that they had broken in," Holloway told CNN's Brooke Baldwin Thursday.

"They used a couple of different ways to enter the house. They broke and kicked in a couple windows. They came in through one back door. They took a ladder and came in through the window."

"I blew past furious to what's important: How do we save these 300 lives that thought this was a good idea?" Holloway said.

He began a campaign to not only hold the teens responsible, but to also address the problem of teen alcohol and drug use.

"So I used the same technology they did to communicate to them and unveil this conversation that was going on," Holloway said.

He compiled a list of the tweets and photos from the party to identify the teens, and he created a website, www.helpmesave300.com.

"We have 170 tweets with people and their pictures, so we know who was there just by doing security searches with the sheriffs," Holloway said.

As a result of his work with law enforcement, he says that 200 partygoers have been identified and the last 100 will be in the next few days.

"We knew some of the kids there because they've been up to the house before," Holloway said recalling gatherings he's hosted at his home before. "They just took it to another level."

Holloway says parents threatened him after he posted pictures of their children online in an attempt to hold them accountable.

"Parents are upset with me when their child was in my house ... taking drugs, using roofies and drinking, and they're going to be upset with me?" he said in disbelief.

This week, Holloway invited the teens to be accountable and help clean up his home in preparation for a military personnel picnic planned for this weekend that up to 1,000 people are expected to attend.

Fifty volunteers showed up to clean up the home, but only one person who was there actually attended the party.

"Only one student showed up," Holloway said in disbelief. "Is it a statement about us as a community? If you take our temperature as a community, we get a failing grade. How is there no accountability?"

Yvonne Keefe, spokeswoman for the Rensselaer County Sheriff's Office, says a "large investigation" is taking place, but no arrests have been made.

"We are working and interviewing, and once we have all the info we will proceed," Keefe said.

"When will we see a 15-year-old in a casket from drinking and driving?" Holloway asked. "Then we'll finally ask what could we have done, and that question will haunt us."

 

[Duran Man]

Some dumb ****ing parents right there.

 

[Anita18]

Not surprised, unfortunately. Some parents think their boys were only "pulling pranks" when they stripped a drunk girl naked, wrote all over her body, and sexually assaulted her. Yeah, that's only a prank.

Some people really REALLY should not be parents. It makes me rage.

 

[Teelie]

Steubenville. That's another one of those "boys will be boys" stories where the parents can't accept their child actually committed a serious criminal act. It doesn't help when they're sports stars either where it's even more excusable in their eyes.

 

[Lencho01]

I'd be shocked if not one of these kids weren't able to get into some college or get a job because of this.

 

[Teelie]

Unless one of them committed a serious crime of the murder/rape/serious injury variety (and even then...) I'm pretty sure no long term or serious punishment will befall any of them.

 

[Victarion]

Steubenville. That's another one of those "boys will be boys" stories where the parents can't accept their child actually committed a serious criminal act. It doesn't help when they're sports stars either where it's even more excusable in their eyes.

That one made my blood boil. I believe the anons were the ones who exposed them. This ex-NFLer's a better parent than any of these kids' manchildren caretakers could hope to be.

 

[Asgard]

This guy's way too nice.

Shouldve had his lawyers involved and sued the parents of the kids to pay for the damages.

 

[Grievous]

I'm pro life but a big problem in this country is people having kids that shouldn't be having kids. More people need to get serious about being a parent instead of making excuses every turn, or simply not wanting to take responsibility for their kid.

 

[Warhammer]

Infuriated.

 

[Sawyer]

Never underestimate the supreme stupidity of a parent with a delinquent child.

 

[Hobgoblin]

This guy's way too nice.

Shouldve had his lawyers involved and sued the parents of the kids to pay for the damages.

Absolutely.

While these 300 little turds need a swift kick in the butt, I have to agree that posting those images online was an invasion of thier privacy. I think it would have been better to have turned the pictures over to the police and let them arrest the teens.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

Absolutely.

While these 300 little turds need a swift kick in the butt, I have to agree that posting those images online was an invasion of thier privacy. I think it would have been better to have turned the pictures over to the police and let them arrest the teens.

I don't want this to sound snarky, but I really have to ask, how is it an invasion of their privacy to use the images the teens THEMSELVES put out on to the internet to catch them?

 

[Hobgoblin]

I don't want this to sound snarky, but I really have to ask, how is it an invasion of their privacy to use the images the teens THEMSELVES put out on to the internet to catch them?

I'm no lawyer, but I'm sure there is a legal way to turn it around and hold him liable. Why take the chance?

 

[Marvolo]

Absolutely.

While these 300 little turds need a swift kick in the butt, I have to agree that posting those images online was an invasion of thier privacy. I think it would have been better to have turned the pictures over to the police and let them arrest the teens.

Probably would have been better to let the police handle it, but those 300 little **** stains can't say **** about their own privacy being Invaded after they decimated this man's privacy.

 

[Xeno]

I'm no lawyer, but I'm sure there is a legal way to turn it around and hold him liable. Why take the chance?

The victim of the crime has a much stronger case if they even think of trying to sue him. First off, they've given up their expectation of privacy by posting their own images -- and confessions -- online themselves. Second, they committed felonies for which he could demand that they be prosecuted. Some might get off with being charged as juveniles, but if the prosecution mans up they could be looking at serious felony cases and jail time. Thirdly, he can always counter-sue them and their whiny-ass parents for the damages they did to his property, plus anything else his lawyers can tack on (punitive damages, infliction of distress, loss of income, etc.).


Those thugs would be well advised to sit their asses down and hope the guy doesn't come to his senses, press charges and sue the ever-loving **** out of them and their families. The man has to realize that the only way to "save" over-privileged scum like this is to force them to face the consequences of their crimes. Jail time and a few years spent working to pay off the damages would be a good start.

 

[KevanG]

I think that each one of those kids they can find should be held responsible for a percentage of the damage. If they get 100, they each pay 1%, they get more, they pay less. They should all be held accountable for this. They all knew if wasn't their house when they entered it and they shouldn't be coddled by idiot parents who let them get away with things like this. That will just encourage them and others like them to do it again as there was no consequences for any actions they make.

Hell he should just make it a reverse class action lawsuit against the people who did this, minors or not.

 

[amazingfantasy15]

Not surprised the parents are pissed, no one likes a person holding a mirror to them in an ugly light. They better find someone or something to blame quick, Canada would probably work.

 

[Tempest]

The victim of the crime has a much stronger case if they even think of trying to sue him. First off, they've given up their expectation of privacy by posting their own images -- and confessions -- online themselves. Second, they committed felonies for which he could demand that they be prosecuted. Some might get off with being charged as juveniles, but if the prosecution mans up they could be looking at serious felony cases and jail time. Thirdly, he can always counter-sue them and their whiny-ass parents for the damages they did to his property, plus anything else his lawyers can tack on (punitive damages, infliction of distress, loss of income, etc.).


Those thugs would be well advised to sit their asses down and hope the guy doesn't come to his senses, press charges and sue the ever-loving **** out of them and their families. The man has to realize that the only way to "save" over-privileged scum like this is to force them to face the consequences of their crimes. Jail time and a few years spent working to pay off the damages would be a good start.

This. All of this.

 

[TheDreamMaster]

Steubenville. That's another one of those "boys will be boys" stories where the parents can't accept their child actually committed a serious criminal act. It doesn't help when they're sports stars either where it's even more excusable in their eyes.

Yeah some boys in my town killed kittens and posted pics to Twitter, but all anyone cared about were if they'd still get their chance to play football for their senior year.

Good on the guy trying to round up 300 kids. Those Parents are idiots.

 

[Octoberist]

Yeah some boys in my town killed kittens and posted pics to Twitter, but all anyone cared about were if they'd still get their chance to play football for their senior year.

Good on the guy trying to round up 300 kids. Those Parents are idiots.

The scary thing is that this is sociopathic behavior. Noe it's kittens..you don't know what will come next.

What kind of punishment did they get? I mean, how can anyone kill cute kittens (or any animal) and then posts pics on twitter as if it's normal behavior. It's beyond sick.

 

[Imjenn]

So...it's a bad thing to want to hold people responsible now? What is wrong with these parents(and the kids, of course, as well).

 

[Ant-manic]

i'm kind of holding off on jumping on this blame the parents bandwagon. because the former football pro said that he had hosted several parties in the past. in my head, i'm just imagining something really skeevy; like this guy hitting on teenagers. i'm basically waiting for the other shoe to drop, on this one.

 

[SpideyFan866]

I would've filed a lawsuit against all of them.

If only to frighten them and teach them a lesson.

I'd probably end up dropping it or settling out of court for damages, but still. I'd put the fear of God and the law in them.

 

[Teelie]

i'm kind of holding off on jumping on this blame the parents bandwagon. because the former football pro said that he had hosted several parties in the past. in my head, i'm just imagining something really skeevy; like this guy hitting on teenagers. i'm basically waiting for the other shoe to drop, on this one.

Nothing has indicated anything untowards ever happened at these parties so that's quite the assumption to make. And if it were true it would make people less likely to want to be there than to go there in the first place.